Wow, your lucky! Hardbound?

Nope, softbound, but still great

Oo nga! Wow, sana ganyan rin ako sa booksale!

Lol dapat lang magaling ka maghanap...Sometimes kasi yung mga libro dun ang gulo gulo

nice.. :)

Haha oo nga eh, bakit 2 star lang?

I explained it on my review, just read the cons haha, it was too lengthy to explain here

hahaha sige sige.

I think 2 is very kuripot, Joyzi considering that you were able to write a long detailed review ha ha. Not that I am questioning your rating. ^_^ wala lang ha ha.

Does this mean that finding the book at booksale wasn't so lucky after all after you've read and given it you're Hmmmmm "interesting" review? Ha!Ha! Still you might find that your curious literary desire will push you to read Books Two and Three of the series (The Girl who played with Fire/The Girl who stirred the hornets nest) in order to make a complete review of the whole package. A lot of your followers will definitely be waiting for it.

I agree with Armand, Joyzi. We will be eagerly waiting for your rating on the other 2 books. You are gaining followers by reading popular books and giving them low ratings ha ha.

Casual sex, with many details, and done slowly can't possibly just be 2 stars. Please reconsider the rating.

Yes, Joyzi. You are breaking our hearts by your 2 stars.

2 stars means it's okay right? I don't hate it but I don't like it either so I think I'll stick with the two star rating :P.

Armand wrote: "Does this mean that finding the book at booksale wasn't so lucky after all after you've read and given it you're Hmmmmm "interesting" review? Ha!Ha! Still you might find that your curious literary ..."

I still plan to read the next since a lot have said that the second one was better and would probably watch the movie version too since also a lot think it was better than the book.

Joselito wrote: "Casual sex, with many details, and done slowly can't possibly just be 2 stars. Please reconsider the rating."

Nope lol, the casual sex just made the book repulsive.

I liked this book a lot better than you did but your review made me laugh. I was surprised by how much I liked Mikael despite his player tendencies. Maybe it was because he was so upfront with each female conquest.

the more repulsive the casual sex is, the greater its literary merit. Look at Marquis de Sade's 120 Days of Sodom, considered by many as one of the pillars of modern literature.

I agree. I am reading it now and it is glorious writing! Sade is a literary genius!

Joselito wrote: "the more repulsive the casual sex is, the greater its literary merit. Look at Marquis de Sade's 120 Days of Sodom, considered by many as one of the pillars of modern literature."

Is that really true?

Hi Joyzi. If you didn't like this first book that much, I'm not sure if you'll like the next two. The characters haven't changed much I'm afraid, and if you thought that the pacing was a tad too slow for you in this book, you'd better prepare yourself for the next ones. As for the sex, casual or otherwise (Lisbeth was, after all, a victim of rape), that's a reality that people have to contend with. Sick, repulsive, but real.

Happy reading on your next to-be-read book! :)

The repulsiveness of the casual sex in any story is dependent on how it is used to build up the motivation or the development of the characters. Expect Heavy S&M sex scenes in a Marquis De Sade story as he has been attributed with the invention of sadistic pleasures. As to Mikael & Lisbeth, their indulgence with casual sex was more a reflection of their hard and flawed experiences that made them look at it as a means to a pleasurable end. Also they are Swedes known to be the most liberated when it comes to sex. Funny, I sense a lot of you Guys are thinking of going to Sweden. Count me out---------unless we can form a group of ten and avail of travel discounts with the package to include meeting a Lisbeth Salander look alike.

Monique wrote: "Hi Joyzi. If you didn't like this first book that much, I'm not sure if you'll like the next two. The characters haven't changed much I'm afraid, and if you thought that the pacing was a tad too sl..."

Is the next book still talks about Financial Journalism? The casual sex and the rape I can handle but the talks about Financial Journalism makes me want to burn the book.

A new type of mystery will unfold in the second book involving a guest reporter for the Millennium Publishing Corp. The reporter was writing about a group involved in Women Slave trading where Lisbeth Salander will unwittingly get entangled.. A different and more intense suspense awaits away from the financial journalism scandal in the first book.

Joyzi wrote: "Monique wrote: "Hi Joyzi. If you didn't like this first book that much, I'm not sure if you'll like the next two. The characters haven't changed much I'm afraid, and if you thought that the pacing ..."

What's great about this trilogy is the development of several stories that, as you go along, will somehow evolve into one huge story because, as you will realize, they're actually interrelated or interwoven. To tell the truth, when I read the last 2 books, I became a bit impatient, but, having read "Dragon Tattoo", I knew that everything will work and meld together in the end, so I just enjoyed what they had to offer (and enjoyed them, I did).

Armand above has written about what to expect in the next 2 books. They're a winded mystery dealing with more mature and adult ~ and, may I add, very real ~ subject matter, and hopefully it will keep you reading to the very last page.

And whatever you do, please resist the urge to burn the books ha! You can send them my way (even if I already have copies). Happy reading! :)

Okay haha I'm going to read the next one, since I'd have a lot of free time, our sem break is next week.

for me it deserves more stars depending on the reader.. maybe it's meant for broad minded readers who can understand social issues.. ;) reading the third book now.. and i'm happy to buy brand new copies! :D

I have friends that are broad-minded who can understand social issues, and they didn't like this book. To each their own.

I'm actually half-half on this, the movie was great (the book was okay) but still there are parts that really disturbed me. I'm not really a fan of rape scenes I suppose. While watching it I'm scrubbing my arms and I really felt disgusted.

"Expect Heavy S&M sex scenes in a Marquis De Sade
story" - this is quite correct except don't expect a story

What do S&M means?

Sadism and masochism - avoid at all cost!

Paul wrote: "Sadism and masochism - avoid at all cost!"

lol

Paul wrote: "Sadism and masochism - avoid at all cost!"

or slave and master. lol. no. just save it until you're older. Haha.

So it's a short term version of BDSM, sorry I'm not good at these terms (liar! *crazy laugh*)

Regine wrote: "Paul wrote: "Sadism and masochism - avoid at all cost!"

or slave and master. lol. no. just save it until you're older. Haha."

When I was young, I gathered all my wits and strengthen my will to avoid at all cost Sadism and masochism. Now that I'm Older, Sadism and Masochism are the ones avoiding me at all cost even if I'm willing to pay the cost. Why!!!!!!!!! HaHaHa or HuHuHu as the case may be. (LOL na lang!)

hahaha

why did you laugh? did you understand it?

"wala lang" *just having a manic episode*

so did the people in this first episode drink from coffee cups of their favorite political party? ha ha ha ha! they do in the second, the girl who played with fire i wonder if that's some sort of positively swedish thing? sounds like the deus ex machina was hard at work in this one, as well?

Don't read the book Bandwa, just watch the movie! Lisbeth is so aweeeeesomeeeee!

Oh my God, I'm so happy I found your review. I didn't feel like finishing this crappy book but I really wanted to know how it ended. And goddamn, it's even more sick than I imagined. The poor girl gets raped by her father AND her brother. God. I'm worried about Mr. Larrson...

Uhm if you're worried about the author, he's already dead and may he RIP, he actually died after sending the three drafts of his novels

Oh that's right, I forgot the author died.

I think Blonkvist was the author's alter-ego. So attractive and charming no woman could resist him. Gag.

Lol is that meant to be sarcastic or that was just me?

Yes, sarcasm. I forgot it doesn't always work as well when written down.

yep lol hahaha sometimes I put (note the sarcasm) on the screen so they would know I was being sarcastic^^

haha, your criticisms made me laugh. not because i think they're unfounded, just because i simply felt completely the opposite. i found the financial journalism incredibly interesting and well thought out, and i know fuck all about it too, for example. and i assume blomkvist used protection, most of the time :P

also the conclusion was satisfying to me, larsson was aiming for something with a bit more realism to the mystery than what you'd typically find, and i felt he achieved that. sometimes people just die in the most banal, anticlimactic of ways. makes sense that it might happen in a book.

@Minglis yeah I actually considering reading the next book because one of my friends IRL was raving about these books and she really was harrasing me to read it so that she can have someone to talk to, yeah I might give book 2 a second chance and read it :)